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USGS us100073ks

1 Nov 2016, 22:37

62 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 14.4 km depth.

Depth14.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated24 January 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 62 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.517100, 141.701700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us100073ks
Coordinates
37.5171, 141.7017
Network
us
Significance
386